Not true. Plastic has a huge carbon footprint because huge amounts of greenhouse gases, in particular nitrous oxide, are emitted by the process of manufacturing

Not true. Plastic has a huge carbon footprint because huge amounts of greenhouse gases, in particular nitrous oxide, are emitted by the process of manufacturing it. (Source: Saul Griffith's excellent book Electrify, which cites this report: https://www.ciel.org/plasticandclimate/ https://www.ciel.org/plasticandclimate/)